Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

lng. he leading eowns are W4fiz
W4iiz. Sp1ksns. Goifzx. Dsrk0n. Eaiens-
bofz. f9kims. Spr9eue. Cae1es, Rotns-
ray. GoidendMla and Raioasa- aeai
I nfosirR i The oireosiou rssneipaAty
{ ksn il its aeFiezlfzrs- TIE crep q
lsss was e008p00 easheis. woEtn 8.
csnts 3 bnshsi, or IN al 8a00o4 Vi
Bocl, 2.1o0 coo pouads wsrs prodneea'
~ horsss. f9se0e bead, and Of oeef est
sic, 7s0e0. The enitare % nope has D.
gun theFs, abruE so acres beang Given
% shsss pinsa Frait does hneiy. e.
pssialiy ia the W4llA Walis and 1sks-
ma seciion. where pssehes, grapes and
nseiona ere psodassd - aban1sns=, as
also apsiee, pears, pi1uss cherries.
pfunes. berries, etc
IL Eastern Haaaineton, which con
pFisss three dfths ths entire Territory.
y 70 be found enIy abonl a.09o.D03 acfes
81 t5m5eEed i4ai. chsszy % ths slSpss
Of the mcuntainz. Tie arewrh . nal
ksasy. Dst averaging fsE tne entIrs traes
over I8,000 feet Of msFehAniable simbeF
10 tue acre.
For many years geld hss bssn washed
COS % see saads Of the eastern rivers,
8ostsy BY Coinese, and some qnar Z
mininR has been dons IN Yakima and
Xittitas csauties. The CSlvilis conn-
Wy, tie extreme northeastern norDeF OF
tbs Territory, has attracted atteatiou
during the pass TIA years. on aeoo1nt
Of gold foaRd there. fh4 Yield OF the
Territory IL o1ly about klJ0.e0o year.
Ab0us oue-hRlf the arsA Of western
Washington 10 covered uitA tinosr-
The production is heavier than 50 Eset-
eEn Washington. averaging 1900 fest
per aets fer 100000 acres. OF 10000.
go 000 feet IN all. The Or yield -
uueh Rrsater than Of pine, cedar, OF ths
afdRcods QaaFseF Seotions have
been known to yisld over 1000 feet OF
d. 10 the acre. ami when the SuttinR was
completed 4 vast Quantity OF timber,
which IN the Eass would be considered
excellent, was lefs stardinR. rejscsed b.
the Logger. be esfsf dependence OF
Western Washington in the past has
been upos is timber, aud the business
aooat 5O0000000 feet per annum.
Aboat 90. COO zoo feet Goes 90 San FrsD-
CISCO ai0nn, 10000. 600 feet 20 foreign
countries, ana the remainder il aaipped
60 Southern California ports. sent East
By rail-, or eansa9ed AZ home. ihe
yains Of this iamber, taking ROACH and
and feet. or $6.000O00 for ths entire
cut.
After lumber, the naest bulky sriiels
Of Western Washington production h
coal DaFiBE the past three years l.
30 O00 tons have been mined 10 Pierce
and KING o1unties, worth on board ship
a. TaeomA and Seattle s. ton.
TEenty-sewsn hundred acres are
planted N hops IN Western Washington.
almost waolly in the counties Of KING
aad Pisros. The yield per aeEs Is elOss
up0n 1000 pounds. sud the average price
obtained Is cents. The value of this
crop TO orr people il fully 81 $4,000 ger
anaaa. two thirds OF waieh Is net prstit
The fisheries are considerable. Assam
ing that one-half those u the ColunbiA
river belong TO Washington. tbs sal
mon catch alone IL represented b. 80
90 cases OF ~ csns eaeh per amman.
Twelve housaud cases and three
thous nd b rreis are put up on
Puget sound. The oyster trafis
OF ShoaiWAter Bay and Puget
sound amounts q. faily 500 900 a year.
the seal fishars Is Bext IN Importance.
amounting 10 $4,000 or more. The
halibat and herring fisheries, the catch
Of dog ish for oil, snd the mixed ush-
cry for the sapply of the hone popala
ton with CLANS, crabs, sllmon, smslt,
cod. etc is immense and practically ia
ealcaiabie.
Iron Is found In mauy localities 10
Weslefu Washington, and furnaces for
the reduction Of e ore have been erect
ed AZ Irundsle. TIE prodaction vas
about 1000 tons during the past two
years, bat viii probably eqoal that
quantity during the year 1887 alone.
Two huadFed thousaHd Bushels OF
oats, said TO be coed Is the bsst grown
10 tie world. are shipped annually from
tae farms OF 5Roho nish and SkAgit
o3snties TO San Francisco. They are
sold by the ton, 90 81 aud go, thenah
81 nign as SIS and go have been Oh
tanned N hlgh priced years or the psst.
PJsAtoes, cheese, furniture, surs and
skins, shingles, and various other
articles, are shipped from Western
Washington 10 California and the East.
though the quantities are small, and
there ID no accurate way OF getting ~
them. Brstish Columbia takes from the
Sound fruits, vegetables, eggs, poultry,
pigs, oats, and manufactured artie es
10 zoe aggregate amount If perhaps
et00 0o0 year.
The traffis Of Western Washington Il
particularly balky, representing IN all
nst lses taau 1910 ordinary ship ioads,
or $50 .o00 ten ton carlo IDS per annam.
Western Washington has Population
about 10000 greater than Eastern
Washington.
CLIMATE.
The oil mate Of the tws natural divis-
loss % the Territory Is quite different.
That Of EsstsEn Washiugson Is dry. the
rainfall being oniy from u 10 = inches
per AMMAN. whlfe thai Of Western
Washington averages - or 50 inches.
Eastern Washington has moFe snow.
the winters fall being from two % i've
feet IN the aggregate; "a Western Wash.
suRton from 3 inches 30 10. Oso sioH-
ally more snow fAlls than is above re
ported. but quite IS often less. Enlire
winters nava been known 70 pass wlth-
oas the ground being eossrei oEce on
Paget Sound. Ihe temperature IN
Western Washington ranges from - Sc
eFees cold in winter to % degrees heat
IN summer; IN Eastern Washington
from about caro- 10 IS. though il soms-
tines. fer fes hours, OF q day or two.
gets blow E-fe. Toe climate Of West
eFn Washington Il peculiarly mild and
tqaabie. and, taoegh quite different,
Is hardly less desirable aud deiighsiul
N Z stern Washington. The intend
ing settler hAs his choice Of the two
ellmAies. aad, u not unreasonaole, can
saEsly b. satisfied sith one Of them.
TIE FuELFu scEooLS
10 1856 SSls 80 wsrs raised for pab
lie school parposes IN WASHINGTON Ter
FitoFy. Oi this anoant Sl9T So we're
paid to tesehsrs ~ wages. $t6.0i9 for
new baiidings, &56 976 fOs fasl and
other txpans-s. Sll.sll for soaSoi fur
ntnre, $s976 for repairing school
hoases. $sls9 fer real estate, ana sass
for rens Of sohosl houses. The whole
,xpeadnarss aeRn gAsed 1917 ,lS6. lie
enrolment Of papsls N tbs pablo
schools numbered =. I59. and the Han-
ber Of teachers smployed wss 1903.
Ninety ave school houses we're BALI
dHEizg The year, - ssasoera' institutes
uere neii, and taa nambsr % graded
schools Was 50. There are so sshosl
disfFlsis 10 tie feFtitssf. ana 80 school
houses. J o. Ltwgense, tas Territorial
Superintendent, N 4kes she folloEing
Comparison gtsa tae year ISIS;
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